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Science 13 February 1970:
Vol. 167. no. 3920, pp. 977 - 979
DOI: 10.1126/science.167.3920.977
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Active Submarine Volcanism in the Austral Islands

Rockne H. Johnson 1

1 Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822

An active submarine volcano has been found on a southeastward extension of the Austral Islands chain. Its last eruption, in May 1967, was detected by North Pacific hydrophones. The position computed by sofar was 32 kilometers northwest of that found in a search by echo sounder, 29°01'S, 140°17'W. The minimum depth encountered was 460 meters.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)